A.F. Vandevorst purple brocade top covered in beach sand — spring 2014

Size: unknown (XS-S)

Shoulder to shoulder: 33 cm

Armpit to armpit: 41 cm

Sleeves: 66 cm

Waist: 35 cm

Length: 62 cm

 

Composition:

Unknown

 

Details:

Purple top

Model ‘Visable’

Brocade with burgundy and beige intertwined thread

The side and one sleeve is covered in real beach sand

Extremely tailored model with wider standing hips

Darts at the waist

Bronze studs are applied all over as decoration

Creating a military feel

The top is constructed of multiple panels and the studs are keeping the panels together

Purple waxed front zipper

Fully lined in black

A.F. Vandevorst cross stitched in the neckline

Worn on the spring 2014 runway

Comes with its original model passport tag

 

Condition: 4,5/5

As new

Sold
SKU: AFVATBS Category:

Description

About A.F. Vandevorst

A.F. Vandevorst is a Belgian label created in 1997 by the couple Filip Arickx and An Vandevorst.

In 1987, both An Vandevorst and Filip Arickx met on their first day as students at Antwerp’s Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Instantly they felt like they matched, both on a personal and a creative level.

After graduating, An Vandevorst went to work for Maison Martin Margiela and became the first assistant of Dries Van Noten later on. Filip Arickx completed his obligatory military service, worked as a freelance stylist afterwards and went to work for Dirk Bikkembergs.

Vandevorst and Arickx united in 1997 to create their label A.F. Vandevorst. This was a time when the fashion world was eagerly awaiting a second wave of talent to follow in the footsteps of the famous ‘Antwerp Six’:  Ann Demeulemeester,Walter van BeirendonckDries Van NotenDirk Van SaeneDirk Bikkembergs and Marina Yee.Arickx and Vandevorst remember their first collection — shown in Paris for fall 1998— as being overflowing, perhaps overly so, with ideas.

Nonetheless, Dries Van Noten supported the couple with sales and distribution.

The A.F. Vandevorst aesthetic is marked by a combination of feminine draping and strong masculine tailoring. Filip and An look for inspiration to military and nurse uniforms, lingerie and fetish subculture. Appropriately, their footwear line, launched in 2003, is called Fetish.

A.F. Vandevorst also has a diffusion line, A Friend, selling pieces at more retail friendly prices.

They have been growing very slowly and recently gained momentum with their fall 2015 collection, which was nothing short of an art happening, with models wearing gasmasks and getting spraypainted by artist Joris Van de Moortel while walking the runway.

Additional information

Weight 0.9 kg
Womens size

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Condition